Has anyone else had this problem?

I am 4 weeks out from surgery. I lost 13 pounds Pre-op diet. and 12 in the 2 weeks following.

I have a Body Bug and really watch what I eat. 500-600 calories a day . Walking 3 miles a day. And the last 2 weeks I have been gaining. .5 lbs one day 1.5 the next. I am working my ass off and still show a gain.

So frustrated. I am 50 years old and yes, I know my body will take longer to lose the weight. But gaining?

Come on!

So what do you use to track your calories? I'm sure not everything you eat has a label. Like if you get something out, like Chinese food or something? What do you use to track that? There has to be somewhere to get the Nutrition info. I use it for calories in, but I do not use it for calories burned. I know for a fact that it is completely unreliable for that.

I rarely eat out; I like making my food at home and if I do eat out it is generally at a restaurant where I am able to look up the nutritional information. IF I did have to track something like that, I'd do a general search of the meal I ate. ie. I'd Google "beef and broccoli nutritional information" usually things pop up. CalorieKing and Livestrong are two websites that come to mind.

Yes they will be different but if you look at a few sites you'll get a general amount of *how* many calories/carbs/fats etc. was in what you just ate.

I use livestrong. I try not to eat out to much. I do need more ideas on things to make though. Right now basically all I make is, chicken with sauce and mozzarella (basically chicken parm, but lower calories), hamburger without the bun, and turkey with gravy. I need ideas! I don't eat seafood, I dud want to try to make chilli but am still looking for a recipe that looks good to me

I use livestrong. I try not to eat out to much. I do need more ideas on things to make though. Right now basically all I make is, chicken with sauce and mozzarella (basically chicken parm, but lower calories), hamburger without the bun, and turkey with gravy. I need ideas! I don't eat seafood, I dud want to try to make chilli but am still looking for a recipe that looks good to me

Feel free to PM me. I can shoot you some recipe websites to try out. Don't want to hijack this thread.

Great convo Reverie and Jess!! Reverie, you were the one that advised me about 4 months ago to up my calories since I was working out so much... Thank you for that advise because it did work.

Jess check with the office where you go to have your fills done, they may have recipes that they can give you. The place that I go, the nutritionist puts out new recipes every week so when I go in I just check to see if there is anything that sounds good to try. I also watch a LOT of the food network and I tweak the recipes that catch my attention to be healthier when I cook them, like using olive oil instead of vegetable/peanut oil...

I can send you some recipe ideas if you would like them, just e-mail me and let me know... I am a pretty good cook even if I say so myself and my husband and kids (teenagers) have really been enjoying the new way that I cook.

Lots of luck to you!

Great convo Reverie and Jess!! Reverie, you were the one that advised me about 4 months ago to up my calories since I was working out so much... Thank you for that advise because it did work.

Yay!! I am glad to hear it worked !!

Thought this might add some to the discussion at hand:

Researchers fed people two meals with the exact same number of calories; the

only difference was how much the food was processed. Group A was treated to

sandwiches made with real cheese on whole-grain bread; Group B made do with

processed cheese on fiber-stripped white bread. The results, published in Food &

Nutrition Research, found that the processed meal decreased the rate of

diet-induced thermogenesis—the number of calories you burn when eating and

digesting—by nearly 50% compared to the meal made with whole foods.

Read the rest here:

http://nutritionunplugged.com/2011/04/a-new-view-of-calories/?utm_source=twitter\

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For some good recipes, look at bariatriceating.com